Surveyor
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Paragon IN
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The most important thing to have when testing a dogs ability to produce game is ample game for that dog to be able to produce. At a quick glance of the numbers I came up with out of the top 100 dogs in the world hunt on round 1, 6 were able to get under 2 coon. 25 were able to get under 1 coon leaving 69 that were not able to get under any coon-thats 69 percent of the dogs that have proven they could tree more coon than the other several hundred at the zones that were not able to come up with a coon! counted in that were 8 completely dead casts. There were zero dead casts at Greencastle in round 1 last year! Round 2 saw 4 out of 17 (24 percent) unable to get under a coon even though they had in round 1. Round 3 had 5 out of 13 (38 percent) unable to get under a coon even though they had in round 1 and 2. The final round, and you have to believe they had the best available guide for the final cast, had 2 out of 3 (67 percent) unable to get under a coon even though they had in 3 prior rounds. Now if you can look at those numbers and conclude that Elberton Ga in September is a suitable location and has an ample coon population to test a coon hounds ability, then you and I have different ways of reasoning. Though it doesn't really matter what we debate on here, UKC is well aware now that this wasn't a good idea. They took it in the pocket book with way fewer entries at the zones and with this fiasco are well aware they would take it even harder if they chose to hold it down there again.
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Mike Sheppard
Sheppard's Northern Blue's
Home of UKC GR NT CH, PKC CH
2 time world finalist, 10th overall and high scoring Bluetick of the 2010 UKC World Coonhound Championship
NASHOBA VALLEY PIAZON, (RIP)
his littermate brother
UKC NT CH SHEPPARDS NORTHERN
BLUE LONER (RIP)
UKC GR NT CH RATTLERS BLUE SKY (RIP)
UKC Gr NT CH, PKC Ch Sheppard's Northern Blue Abbie, (PiazonxSky) UKC GR NT CH 'pr' Sheppards Northern Blue Punkin (PiazonXAlice) High scoring Bluetick of the 2015 (50th anniversary) Grand American, 2017 National Grand Nite Champion of breed, 2017 BBOA zone 4 Nite hunt dog of the year. Queen of hunt on 2019 Grand National Bluetick Reunion, 5th place and High Scoring Bluetick of 2019 UKC world Nite hunt Championship, 2019 Triple Crown Winner.
UKC GR NT CH 'pr' Mckintosh's Blue Flame Chopper
Gr Nt Ch Sheppards Northern Blue Goomba (Piazon X Dizzie) 14th place 2017 UKC world coon hound championship 100 purina point cast wins in 2018
and several other blueticks of lesser accomplishments 
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